The Minister of Social Welfare is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Social Welfare, and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of Bangladesh He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Social Welfare. This ministry was earlier known as the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Listed here are the names of all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers.
Minister in charge, Adviser and Minister of State NoNamePictureStartEndPolitical Party1Rezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury (Minister)14 November 19896 December 1990Jatiya Party2Alamgir M. A. Kabir (advisor)17 December 199015 March 1991Caretaker Government3Tariqul Islam (State Minister)20 March 199119 September 1991Bangladesh Nationalist Party4Tariqul Islam (Minister)19 September 199114 August 1993Bangladesh Nationalist Party5Sarwari Rahman (State Minister)19 September 199114 August 1993Bangladesh Nationalist Party6Fazlur Rahman Potol (State Minister)14 August 199330 March 1996Bangladesh Nationalist Party7Najma Chowdhury (advisor)3 April 199623 June 1996Caretaker Government8Mozammel Hossain (State Minister)23 June 199615 July 2001Bangladesh Awami League9Rokeya Afzal Rahman (advisor)16 July 200110 October 2001Caretaker Government10Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed (Minister)11 October 200129 October 2006Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami11Yasmeen Murshed (advisor)11 January 20071 November 2007Caretaker Government12Geetiara Safya Chowdhury (advisor)1 November 20078 January 2008Caretaker Government13M. A. Malek (Special aid)15 January 20086 January 2009Special Duty14Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid (Minister)6 January 200920 November 2013Bangladesh Awami League15Promode Mankin (State Minister)15 September 201211 May 2016Bangladesh Awami League16Syed Mohsin Ali (Minister)12 January 201414 September 2015Bangladesh Awami League17Nuruzzaman Ahmed (State Minister)19 June 20167 January 2019Bangladesh Awami League18Rashed Khan Menon (Minister)3 January 20187 January 2019Workers Party of Bangladesh19Nuruzzam Ahmed (Minister)7 January 20195 August 2024Bangladesh Awami League20Sharif Ahmed (State Minister)7 January 20195 August 2024Bangladesh Awami League21A. Z. M. Zahid Hossain (Minister)17 February 2026Bangladesh Nationalist Party22Farzana Sharmin (State Minister)17 February 2026Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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